Abstract.Background A limited amount of research indicates a high prevalence of mental illness in perpetrators of domestic abuse (DA). Aims Estimate the suicide rate in high-risk high-harm ...
In recent years, several policy reforms have been instituted encouraging tougher criminal justice system responses to domestic violence. In Germany, go-orders were implemented: Police can insist on the abuser leaving the home for a couple of days. The ...
Domestic violence: an important risk factor for child maltreatmentAbstract. Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) such as maltreatment, but also the experience intimate partner violence of parents (domestic violence) ...
Domestic violence encompasses all forms of physical, sexual, and psychological violence between two individuals who are in an emotional, usually a pair relationship. Domestic violence usually occurs without witnesses. There are often multiple reasons for ...
Domestic Violence at the University Emergency Department Bern: A Retrospective Analysis from 2006 to 2016Abstract. Domestic Violence (DV) is considered as one of the largest medical risks ...
Lessons Learned – Observational Study After One Year of ’Domestic Violence Consultation’ at the University Emergency Department BernAbstract. The number of violent crimes in domestic violence has been steadily increasing in ...
Abstract:Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide issued lockdown and social-distancing measures, which triggers psychological distress and may increase the occurrence of domestic violence (DV). We examined the role of the LGBT+ ...
This article provides an overview to the Special Section in this issue on intimate partner violence (IPV) and children. The argument is made that the field needs to pay more attention to issues of theory, definitions, and methodology. The contributors to ...
This study analyzed the association between domestic partner abuse and children's health. The sample consisted of 420 abused women with at least one child, for a total of 406 female children and 504 male children in 420 households. The women reported that ...
While research has found that millions of children in the United States are exposed to their mothers being battered, and that many are themselves abused as well, little is known about the ways in which children are used by abusers to manipulate or harm ...
Children who are exposed to interparental violence are at risk for a host of adjustment problems, but little is known about the processes that explain why children from violent families develop different patterns of adjustment. In this paper, we examine ...
Abstract. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global social concern: many women are affected by this phenomenon and by the difficulty of putting an end to it. This review of the literature aims to identify help-seeking facilitating and ...
Abstract. Recent studies found that there is considerable overlap between perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM), suggesting that both types of domestic violence can co-occur. However, there is a lack ...
Abstract. Domestic violence against women by their partners is a form of gender-based violence, and it has been recognized as a major social issue worldwide. Under the framework of feminist empowerment theory, we ...